pertinent

adjective
🔊/ˈpɜːtɪnənt/
🔊/ˈpɜːrtnənt/
(formal)
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  1. appropriate to a particular situation有关的;恰当的;相宜的 synonym relevant
    • a pertinent question/fact有关的问题/事实
    • pertinent to something Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic under discussion.请勿发表与讨论主题无关的言论。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • These examples are directly pertinent to the question asked.这些例子与提出的问题直接相关。
    • His second question was particularly pertinent.他的第二个问题特别相关。
    • I reminded him of a few pertinent facts.我提醒他几个相关事实。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • to
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin pertinent- ‘having reference to’, from the verb pertinere ‘extend to, have reference to’, from per- ‘through’ + tenere ‘to hold’.